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WATER PROOF COLLAR OR GUET. 110.1119262. Patented Jan. 14,1890.l

f /Q/w www *UNITED STATEsfl-PATENT OFFICEc JOHN W. HYATT, OF NEl/VARK, NEW.y JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO THE OELLULOID MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

. wATER-PRooi-jcoLLAR 0R cuFF.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,262, dated January 14, 1890.

of the same.

The object of this invention is to produce an article of wearing-apparel, as a collar or cuif, coated with a pyroxyline varnish, and to secure in the article a high degree of elasticity and water-proof character with the smallest possible consumption of the pyroXyline.

A linen collar or cuff maybe rendered water-proof by coating the same with pyroxyline varnish; but the absorbent character of such a material as linen necessitates the use of a great deal of the varnish to fill the pores,- to envelop all the iibers, and to produce the desired smooth surface; and the same is true with articles made of muslin, paper, or other porous fabric.

My invention consists in an article of wearing-apparel, as a collar or enti-composed of parchmentized vegetable Afabric having a varnish of pyroxyline or its compounds applied to its entire exterior, by which construction I secure great elasticity in the -product and secure the water-proof surface with the use of very little pyroXyline, as the parchmentizing of the vegetable fabric obliterates its pores and produces a smooth surface.

To carry out my invention the body of the article may be made with one layer vof vegetable. parchment, or of two or more layers formed into a single sheet in the process of parchmentizing, as is already practiced in the manufacture of vulcanized fiber and similar fabrics.

The annexed drawings show acuff in Figure l, and in Fig. 2 a section of the same formed with two layers.

In producing such an article, I take two layers a b, of paper or muslin, and brush over one side of each sulphuric acid or other solvent of cellulose,'and press the layers together while their adjacent sides are softened by the lVhen the solvent has penetrated solvent.

Application led August 30, 1889. Serial' No. 322,473. i (No model.) f

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the parchment.

I do not claim the mere use of pyroxyline or celluloid varnish for waterprooling any object, as that has long been done; but I am not 95 aware that any one hasI heretofore discovered that the use of parchmentized fabric for the body of the article would prevent the absorption of the pyroxyline varnish in a great degree while securing a water-proof coating to roo the substance sufficiently to convert it into vegetable parchment, I wash out the solvent, dry the sheet smooth and flat, and` then cut out the article as a collar or cuff.'

. Vhen the article is fully shaped, l apply the pyroxyline 'varnish c in a suitable coating to cover the entire surface with a' thin layer of thepyroxyline, the quantity required to protect the parchment from moisture be- 6o ing very small, as ,the parchment is much harder and less absorbent than muslin and The button-holes in the article are preferably formed therein before the varnish is applied, and the varnish is placed upon the edges of the article and within the buttonholes to wholly protect the surface from The article thus made possesses a high degree of elasticity and firmness, com- 7o bined with great resistance` to moisture, so that it can be repeatedly cleansed by soap and water withoutinjury; and it can be made at much less expense than the celluloid collars and cuffs, which it closely resembles.

The extended use of celluloid collars and cuis has demonstrated the superiority of pyroxyline in compounds for resisting wear and moisture, and it is therefore obvious that an article coated with a varnish of pyroXy- 8o line or compounds of pyroxyline is especially adapted for the object described.

The use, however, of a varnish made of pyroxyline or pyroXyline compounds for coating articles of wearing-apparel is too expen- 85 sive when applied to a completely absorbent substance, as the article produced is not equal to the real celluloid collars and cuffs, while it costs too much to be sold at a lower rate, as the article requires, if made of muslin, to be 9o carefully stitched and finished before the var- I am awarethat articles of wearing-apparel p have been made of plain parchmentized fabric, and that such articles have been protected by a coating of vulcanized india-rubber.

I am also aware that a layer of Celluloid or zylonite has been united with muslin or similar flexible material to form a compound fabric for the manufacture of collars and cuffs. I wholly disclaim such constructions, as the very object of my invention is to avoid the expense of using a layer of Celluloid or zylonite in the preparation of afabric for making collars and Culi's.

By the use of a non-absorbent body and an exterior varnish formed of pyroxyline or its compounds I am enabled to secure a thoroughly water-proof article, at a much less expense than one can be produced `from a cornpound fabric containing a layer of pyroxyline composition.

I also obtain another advantage by forn1. ing my exterior coating by a varnish of pyrozryline, as I thus secure a protection in the fabric having varnish of pyroxyline or its compounds applied to its entire exterior, including the edges, substantially as herein set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN W. HYATT.

Witnesses:

Tiros. S. CRANE, F. C. FISCHER. 

